Staff Book Review

Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman

The title alone intrigued me, and the content of this amazing novel is a piece of work. It starts out with a fictional account of a day in the life of Albert Einstein and the successive chapters give light to dreams he has, with a chapter here and there pulling the reader back into the "real time" of the same day. Lightman must have done some extensive research into Einstein and his theories because I found that most of the chapters (dreams) featured a different kind of world in which time acted differently, representing the vast array of Einstein's thoughts regarding the properties of time. I finished the book in one night and recommend it to anyone who finds the concept of time interesting.

RATING: 5 / 5 STARS

Book Review by Colin Lenehan at Cranesbill Books

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